Changes for v6.0.4 - v6.0.10This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:User interface: fix issue inputing controller names (bug #11579)User interface: fix resize problems with recent Linux hosts (bug #18677)Serial: fixed guru meditation when raw mode is enabled (bug #18632)Serial: fixed possible VM crash under certain circumstancesUSB: Fixed "unrecoverable error" problems in OHCI emulation (bug #18593, 6.0.6 regression)USB: improve captured device identificationVBoxManage: fix reversed reporting of audio input and output (thank you Socratis Kalogrianitis)VBoxManage: fix controlling recording for running machine (bug #18723)Guest control service: various fixesWindows hosts: fix problems copying files from shared folders (bug #18569)Linux hosts: kernel module build fixes for various kernels (bug #18316)Linux hosts: support UEFI secure boot driver signing on Ubuntu and Debian hosts (bug #11577)Linux hosts: fix focus grabbing problems with recent Qt versions (builds from source only; thank you Fabian Vogt (SUSE) and Larry Finger; bug #18745)Windows guests: many shared folders fixesWindows guests: fix other services failing if seamless mode was not availableLinux guests: kernel module build fixes for various kernels (bugs #18677 and #18697; fixes by Larry Finger and Gianfranco Costamagna)Linux guests: do not try to load old versions of libcrypt on recent guests in Guest Additions tools (bug #18682)Linux guests: udev rules for guest kernel modules did not always take effect in timeLinux guests/VMSVGA: do not forget the guest screen size after a guest rebootOS/2 guests: various shared folder fixesVirtualBox 6.0.8 (released May 13 2019)This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:Core: fix saved state resume failures (bugs #18265 and #18331)User interface: show full file location in New Medium window.User interface: fix mouse click pass-through problems in multi-screen virtual machines (6.0.6 regression, bug #18567)Graphics: fixed a crash when powering off a VM without graphics controller (bug #18570)API: partial fix for dealing with VM config conflicting with other VMs related to medium UUIDs, now correctly flags VM as inaccessible (bug #17908)Windows hosts: Support paths longer than 4096 characters on in shared foldersLinux hosts: fix kernel module build breakage in non-default build set-ups (bug #18620, thank you Ambroz Bizjak)Linux hosts: fix kernel module build breakage in debug build set-ups (bug #18621, thank you Ambroz Bizjak)Windows guests: notice file size increases in shared folders which were missed in certain casesLinux guests: make shared folders work with Linux 3.16.35Linux guests: fix incorrectly read-only shared folders (bug #18345)VirtualBox 6.0.6 (released April 17 2019)This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:Virtualization core: nested AMD virtualization fixesUser interface: fixed copying directories in file managerUser interface: fixed operation progress in file manager when copying contentUser interface: fixed operation progress when deleting snapshotsUser interface: fixed unattended installation of recent Ubuntu guestsUser interface: new virtual disk sector sizes should be divisible by 512 (bug #18177)User interface: various additional improvementsStorage: fixed loading saved states for LsiLogic devices (6.0.0 regression; bug #18263)Storage: fixed fixed reading certain QCOW2 images and support version 3 of the format readonlyStorage: Improved IDE PCI emulation to allow NetWare IDE drivers to use bus-masteringGraphics: Improved VMSVGA support to work with old X servers which previously showed only a badly scrambled screenGraphics: fixed invisible mouse cursor with VMSVGA emulation and without mouse integration (bug #18239)Graphics: make EFI work with VMSVGA emulation (bug #18282)Graphics: remember last guest screen size VMSVGA emulation (bug #18408)Graphics: fix RDP to guests using VMSVGA emulation (bug #18518)Graphics: various additional VMSVGA emulation fixesAudio: implemented audio device enumeration for the DirectSound backendNetwork: fixed unwanted padding bytes in Windows host adaptor network packets (bug #18202 and bug #18355)Serial: fixed possible crash on Windows when using a host device (6.0.0 regression; bug #18319)Serial: fixed loopback handling in the emulation causing garbage to be sent during boot with Linux guests (6.0.0 regression; bug #18319)Shared folders: fixed duplicate folders after restoring a saved state (bug #18373)Shared folders: fixed hangs inside guest (bug #18151)Drag and drop: fixed copying files from guest host (bug #18305)Recording: fixed modifying settings via VBoxManage (bug #18494)Fixed invalid Extra Data characters making machines inaccessibleVBoxManage: crash fix (bug #18341)Fixed hangs during failed virtual machine start-upWindows host: fix unwanted wake-ups from standby, thank you Daniel Karsubka (bug #18549)Windows host: disallow Pause as a host key (bug #18482)Linux host and guest: support Linux 5.0 and 5.1, thank you Valdis Kletnieks (see also bug #18515)Linux host: support kernel 4.4.169 (bug #18315)Linux host: fix logging when building Linux kernel modules (bug #18226)Linux host: clarified building Linux host drivers with secure boot (bug #18312)FreeBSD host: compilation fixesInstallers: reduced size of packagesWeb services: work with Java 11LibreSSL compilation fix, thank you Stefan StroginWindows guests: fixed running applications which use complex display topologies with WDDM driver, fixed Skype for Business hangs (bug #17092)Windows guests: fixed an occasional guest crash with WDDM driver and VBoxSVGA adapter (bug #18369)Windows guests: shared folder file creation detection issue (bug #9276)Windows guests: fixed "mismatched pool allocation/free" error with checked builds of Windows and ReactOS (bug #18187, thank you Adam Stachowicz)Linux guests: shared folder performance and reliability improvements and missing features (bugs #17360, #819)Linux guests: fixed a NULL pointer dereference in vboxvideo (bug #18443)Solaris guests: fix an error message from VBoxClient (bug #18428)
Changes for v5.2.18 - v6.0.4This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:Virtualization core: support Shanghai/Zhaoxin CPUs.User interface: handle command line arguments to VirtualBox correctly (bugs #18206 and #18197)User interface: improvements to machine manager window, virtual optical disk creator, storage selector window and log viewer windowUser interface: various small fixes and improvementsAudio: implemented time scheduling for the AC'97 device emulation to keep audio and video in syncGraphics: basic support for VMSVGA graphics device in virtual machines using EFINetwork: fix occasional NATNet crashes (bug #13899)Network: worked around problems in certain PCnet drivers on old operating systemsSerial: fixed connecting to pseudo terminals on POSIX hosts (6.0.0 regression; bug #18319)Linux hosts and guests: fix for building kernel modules against Linux 5.0. Thank you Kyle LakerVirtualBox 6.0.2 (released January 15 2019)This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:User interface: fixed creation of desktop shortcuts for starting virtual machines (bug #18207)User interface: allow the first run window to selecting host drives (bug #18230)User interface: fixed attaching empty host optical drives (bug #18223)User interface: implemented a new virtual optical disk creation windowUSB: modified Linux backends to reset USB devices (previously, most guest attempts to reset USB devices were ignored)PCnet: fixed a regression which caused some PCnet PCI guest drivers to not detect the emulated hardware (bug #18286)Linux hosts: Skip device enumeration if PulseAudio interface is not availableLinux hosts: fixed conflict between Debian and Oracle build desktop files (bug #18264)Linux and MacOS hosts: VirtualBoxVM command not accessible (bug #18257)Windows guests: multiple monitor fixes with VBoxSVGA graphicsWindows guests: black screen with VBoxSVGA graphics when 3D is disabled (bug #18205)Linux guests: fixed building drivers on SLES 12.4 (bug #18213)Linux guests: fixed building shared folder driver with older kernels (bug #18238)OS/2 shared folders: fixed write regression introduced in 6.0.0 GAVirtualBox 6.0.0 (released December 18 2018)This is a major update. The following major new features were added:Implemented support for exporting a virtual machine to Oracle Cloud InfrastructureUser interface: greatly improved HiDPI and scaling support, including better detection and per-machine configurationMajor rework of user interface with simpler and more powerful application and virtual machine set-upUser interface: a new file manager enabling user to control the guest file system and copy files between host and guest.Graphics: major update of 3D graphics support for Windows guests, and VMSVGA 3D graphics device emulation on Linux and Solaris guestsAdded support for surround speaker setups (as used by Windows 10 Build 1809)Added utility vboximg-mount on Apple hosts to access the content of guest disks on the hostAdded support for using Hyper-V as the fallback execution core on Windows host, to avoid inability to run VMs at the price of reduced performance In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:Execution core: fixed single-stepping in certain circumstances (bug #17316)User interface: video and audio recording can now be separately enabledAudio/Video recording fixes and improvementsAudio: better support for attaching and detaching remote desktop connectionsSerial port emulation fixesSerial ports: allow changing the serial port attachment while a machine is running (bug #6115)Networking: Added a workaround for older guests which do not enable bus mastering for the virtio PCI deviceNetworking: fixed wrong RCODE from DNS AAAA query with --natdnshostresolver1 (bug #18171)iSCSI: In cases where there is no ambiguity, the LUN of an iSCSI target is automatically determined, for targets with non-zero LUNsTransparently resize disk images when merging if possibleVBoxManage: support for DHCP optionsFixed VNC/RDP (bug #18153)Guest Control: various new interfaces and features (see SDK documentation)Linux hosts: support Linux 4.20 (thank you Larry Finger)Solaris: installer fixesShared folders: performance improvementsGuest Additions: improved shared folder auto-mountingWindows Guest Additions: fix incorrect tablet co-ordinate handling with recent Windows 10 buildsLinux Additions: fix for building vboxvideo on EL 7.6 standard kernel, contributed by Robert Conde (bug #18093)Linux guests: support Linux 4.20 (thank you Larry Finger)Linux guests: support VMSVGA in the Linux and X11 AdditionsMacOS Guest Additions: initial supportOS/2 Guest Additions: initial shared folder supportBIOS fixesACPI: Up to four custom ACPI tables can now be configured for a VM
VirtualBox 6.0.2 Released with Support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.4
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